Gentlemen, please rise In light of why we're gathered here tonight This is it, though I'm sh** with goodbyes Suffice to say, well, I haven't much time So how I chose and choose To make use of this life allotted me Well you few know and knew And each to played to me burgeoning accessory So I should think it wise In debt to your unseemly sacrifice To see that when I die None of my sorted seeds come to life For me I see no need To catalogue what deeds I may have done If we all agree to keep These terms of my demise unclarified History, she will surely forgive me And history, she will think of me fondly Time was mine I've half a mind to just apologize
In days less dignified Before I knew what to and not to do Unsure, of course There's shame in certain things I may have done But shame is not remorse And pandering's the one thing I cannot afford Measure me in grief Survived in score by prideful progeny And I, though sometimes weak Still shudder to speak these secrets we keep For their sake let me stay Ostensibly the saint I seem to be For now my nose is clean So bury these peculiarities with me History, she will surely forgive me And history, she won't soon forget me So no cheerful goodbyes In light of why we're gathered here tonight To you I confide Suffice to say, well, I haven't much time